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My JOYFUL REFLECTIONS header picture is a picture taken on 10/20/16 on our visit to the Biltmore House and Gardens in Asheville, North Carolina. I had never seen so many different colors of Poinsettias before... These HOT Pink ones were gorgeous.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Smoky Mountain Autumn

Thanks to Blog Friend, SHARON, George and I took a day trip to the SMOKIES yesterday (10/23/12) to check out the Fall Colors. Sharon wrote me an email telling me how beautiful the colors were along the FOOTHILLS PARKWAY. Thanks, Friend!!!! The colors truly were marvelous and both George and I took a tillion photos I'm sure... ha

Hope you enjoy some of our photos. We also took a hike to the big tower near Look Rock. I'll blog about that another time. The photo above shows all of the colors we saw on the road (along the parkway).

Here is a collage of some of the beautiful colors we saw along our way. It's hard to choose favorites ---so I just made some collages. (Be sure to click on all photos to see enlargements.)

I love this picture I took of George in front of some of that beautiful color.

Here is our beautiful SMOKY MOUNTAINS... I love seeing the mountains all year long---but especially in the Fall.

Here is one very happy girl ---to be here in our beautiful Smokies!!!!!

Here is one more collage showing some of the beautiful colors we saw along the parkway. I love seeing LOTS of different colors together in Fall---and today, we got to experience just that! Awesome!

Of course, George and I can't go anywhere unless we pull out the tripod and take our picture together. Hope you enjoy this photo of two very very happy people enjoying their day!!!!

Finally, after a delicious steak dinner at the Texas Roadhouse (one of our favorite restaurants)---we headed home.... AND---to end a gorgeous day, look what else we got to experience.... Here is a Cumberland Plateau SUNSET just for US!!!!

66 comments:

No wonderful day is complete without a gorgeous sunset - of course!Oh Betsy and George, what a total feast for the eyes! The colours! The views! Spectacular is an understatement. You both look so happy :)

You are so privileged in this lifetime Betsy! I am almost familiar with your autumn colors and whenever i think of this season i remember your photos. Do you still remember that i asked one of those old photos, a wide angle one? And the two of you are really lovely and happy, and you don't go out unsynched! I wonder, do you sleep in uniform too? hahaha!

Jo, what a beautiful day trip. the colors are just gorgeous. I loved the photos of George and the one of you and George. It makes me smile to see you two together smiling and so happy. Lovely photos and post. Have a great day!

Thanks for the shout-out and so glad you enjoyed Foothills Parkway, an often overlooked area of spectacular beauty without the suffocating crowds. I drove across the mountain on Monday heading to Maggie Valley and it was an exercise in frustration. So glad you didn't choose that route. Thankfully, I was not in a hurry and didn't mind traffic gridlock or no chance of getting into most of the pull-outs! Your pics, as always, are wonderful.

Beautiful photos! The Foothills parkway is always a favorite spot for us. I love walking up to the tower to see the view from there. We ate at the Texas Roadhouse while we were there too! Always a yummy steak there.

LOVE the fall colors!!! I have yet to get out and enjoy them yet this year but this week-end I'm headed on a bus trip up into Amish country. I should be seeing some wonderful colors AND have the time to enjoy them.

You know how much I love those trees!! This year, for the first time in a few decades, I didn't go to Virginia for a fall visit. There was just too much going on with the opening of the new library. It was quite nice to find a lot of beautiful fall colors right here in C.P.. There are no mountains, however!!

Lovely photos of Fall , you two were such a sweet couple Love it :) Anyways Betsy i have question i just noticed you are using Canon Rebel and so do I , I'm planning to buy a better lense may I ask what type of lense are you using. Thanks. Happy Fall season!

Beautiful photos, Betsy! I was not familiar with the Foothills Parkway, but plan now to look at the map to figure out just how far away we are from it. We're taking a week off next week, so we're looking for places to see that might still have color, so this sounds splendid! Many thanks to you...and Sharon for the information.

It is amazing how much color and how many leaves still are on the trees down there. Up here we are to the place where it is mostly just the oaks that are still hanging on. Beautiful pictures...and of course, a beautiful couple! Have a great day!

So beautiful, Betsy. I know what you mean about the variety of colors. We love the yellow aspen that is so predominant out west, but there's nothing like coming home to the wide range of colors found on our end of the continent.

Every time I come here is a great surprise! What an amazing trip you did! Unfortunately we don't have these fall colors in Brazil....Indeed we're almost in the summer now, and it's very hot all over the country!!!You should make postcards with your pictures, they're really nice. I loved all of them, specially the 4ºth one, it's like a mosaic among mountains and trees!

Sorry I've been out of blogland for a while, busy with other engagements. Anyhoo I hope to be more regular from now. The Fall colours in your Smokies are just simply stunning. I can see why you are so happy, to be able to spend a day amongst all that splender. I also enjoy seeing pictures of you both enjoying yourselves.

Every one a beautiful shot. Specially the one's with you and George. Our Mountains are mostly Conifers so we see Green, Green, Green all year long. Although they are interspersed with Sycamore, Big Leaf Maple and Larch so there is the breath-taking gold to see in the Fall too. Thanks for the journey. MB

I think I found your blog a few years ago when you showed the beautiful autumnal colors of the Smokey Mountains, Betsy, and your photos of them are as beautiful this year as they were then! I love the red trees and my favorite photo was of you and Georgw together!

Looks like anther great day Betsy. Beautiful weather. Beautiful scenery and a great dinner to boot:) You both truly live in a magnificent part of the world and it's a treat to follow you on your journeys. The closest we get to that color is up in our mountains and most of it is aspen yellow...which is still pretty....but not quite the same:)

Dear Betsy, truly a glorious day with the two of you surrounded by color and the blessedness of nature.

I've been to the Smokies only once. A friend and I camped there--close to Gatlinburg--way back in 1971. A bear came to our campsite while we were eating supper and gobbled up much of the food on the table. An exciting time! Peace.

You had a PERFECT day! We missed the peak of the color this year. It wasn't as much in our neighborhood but more in the mountains as you showed. Most in our area just turned brown and let loose it seems like. Oh well - - - next year I will be retired and can maybe catch the colors. Until then, I will admire yours!

The fall colors are spectacular and I've never seen the "Smokies" till you showed them to me! Thanks. The photo of you and George tugs at my heart. You are two very beautiful people, Betsy and George. Love your header too! Thanks for your advice on my header photo issue. I am busy working on the suggestions and have linked this post to mine. Have a great weekend, (((Hugs))) Jo

The fall colors are spectacular and I've never seen the "Smokies" till you showed them to me! Thanks. The photo of you and George tugs at my heart. You are two very beautiful people, Betsy and George. Love your header too! Thanks for your advice on my header photo issue. I am busy working on the suggestions and have linked this post to mine. Have a great weekend, (((Hugs))) Jo